Commercial, corporate and M&A

Roberto Casati

Roberto Casati practice focuses on securities, corporate, banking, EU, and international business law. He has extensive experience in Italian and cross-border public and private mergers and acquisitions as well as joint ventures. He is also quite active in international arbitrations, both as counsel and arbitrator. He has written and lectured extensively on EU and Italian law in the US, Europe, and the Far East. He represents some of the largest Italian listed companies and gives advice to management and the board of directors on strategic issues and corporate governance matters. Roberto joined Linklaters in March 2018. With his previous firms, he has handled several of the largest Italian M&A and joint venture deals.

Ascanio Cibrario

Advice to private equity houses and industrial corporations (including listed) on extraordinary transactions such as M&A, financing and minority investments. Assistance to international clients in relation to corporate and commercial joint ventures in a range of sectors, including aviation and aerospace, advising on all financial and antitrust aspects. Ascanio received his Law Degree (J.D.) from Università degli Studi di Torino in 1993 and attended a Postgraduate Course on International Trade Law at Istituto Universitario degli Studi di Torino in 1995; he joined the Milan Bar Association in 1998.

Carlo Croff

Carlo advises Italian and international clients on Corporate - M&A, banking, insurance, regulated entities and real estate matters with a focus on corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity, supervisory regulations, internal compliance and governance, codes of conduct and prudential regulation, commercial contracts and extraordinary transactions of regulated entities, sale and purchase of real estate, companies and real estate portfolios, real estate asset management and real estate investment funds.

Alessandro De Nicola

Senior Partner

Leah Dunlop

Partner

Bruno Gattai

Partner

Francesco Gatti

Francesco is first and foremost one of the ltalian top experts in corporate law as well as in M&A transactions. He has developed an broad experience in corporate and financing law, corporate litigation and arbitration, being involved in several of the most important transactions in the last years. He has written several articles on corporate law, and has lectured in seminars on competition law and law and economics.

Francesco Gianni

Founding Partner

Paolo Montironi

Equity Partner. Paolo Montironi is one of the Founding Partners of Nctm and he dedicates his time to advising his clients; a focus he has never lost even when serving as managing partner for the firm. He has extensive expertise in all aspects of mergers & acquisitions, private equity and restructuring, including representing multinational companies in public and private mergers, acquisitions and divestitures; and working closely with private equity firms.  He has been listed by Chambers Europe as a Leading Individual for M&A, and Private Equity and ranked as Top Tier 1 for Private Equity. He is consistently involved in major acquisitions and privatisations, both domestically and internationally. In particular, he has handled a large number of leveraged buyouts on behalf of Italian and foreign private equity firms, such as Oaktree Capital, Pillarstone (KKR), Bridgepoint Capital, Clessidra, Barclays Private Equity, Investcorp, Rhone Capital, L Capital and Opera Private Equity. Mr. Montironi has also managed many complex restructuring activities such as Maire Technimont, Navigazione Montanari, Premuda, Limoni e La Gardenia, Nectar. He is Senior Partner and member of the Board at Nctm.

Mario Ortu

Partner

Carlo Pavesi

Carlo Pavesi’s practice focuses on corporate law, domestic and cross-border merger and acquisitions, and private equity transactions. He has handled several of the largest Italian M&A deals of the recent years, and is considered as one of the leading lawyers for M&A transactions involving financial and banking institutions. Carlo Pavesi has represented Italian and international private equity funds in a wide range of M&A transactions. He advises on capital market transactions (including IPOs and equity offerings), and corporate governance matters. He is also active in high-profile corporate litigation and arbitration.

Carlo Pedersoli

He was a partner at Studio Pedersoli e Associati, until the early 2000s, and was the founding partner of Pedersoli Studio Legale with offices in Milan, Turin and Rome. He specialises in corporate and commercial, advising on litigation and extrajudicial matters, with longstanding experience in extraordinary transactions in the banking and financial sector. He has been a speaker at several conferences on corporate and commercial law.

Giovanni Pedersoli

In-depth experience in Italian company law, in particular in mergers and acquisitions, private equity and cross-border deals. Assistance to Italian banks in relation to highly complex cross-border acquisitions and disposals.  

Luca Picone

Country Managing Partner

Francesco Tedeschini

Francesco advises Italian and international clients on Corporate - Private M&A, Public M&A, public companies, banking, insurance and others regulated entities with a focus on complex transactions such as mergers, divisions, acquisitions, capital increases, joint ventures, takeover bids or exchange tender offerings and listed securities.

Filippo Troisi

Senior Partner

Stefano Bandini

Senior Counsel

Livia Cocca

Of counsel

Luigi Arnaldo Cremona

Arnaldo regularly advises Italian and international clients on national and cross-border industrial M&A, private equity and real estate transactions, as well as on the drafting and negotiation of commercial contracts and on corporate law matters.

Laura Li Donni

Partner

Sara Scapin

Associate

Federico Bal

Partner

Damiano Battaglia

Partner

Andrea Botti

Partner

Edoardo Canetta Rossi Palermo

Edoardo focuses on complex Italian and cross-border M&A transactions, advising clients on private equity and venture capital deals, leveraged buyouts, divestitures and joint ventures involving a broad range of sectors, including fintech, media, technology, fashion and construction sectors. He also works closely with boards and senior management on their most complex and strategically significant transactions.

Giancarlo D’Ambrosio

Giancarlo D’Ambrosio is a partner in the Milan office of Latham & Watkins. He primarily advises clients on corporate, M&A, private equity, capital markets, and financial transactions. Mr. D'Ambrosio represents private equity funds and their portfolio companies, publicly traded and privately held companies, as well as financial institutions on: Mergers and acquisitions Joint ventures Investments Divestitures Strategic structured finance transactions Corporate governance and public company representation Capital markets transactions (primary and secondary offerings, listings, bond issues, and liability management transactions) His experience spans a broad range of industries, including sports, fashion, entertainment, and media. Mr. D’Ambrosio serves on the firm’s local Recruiting Committee.

Alessandra Ghezzi

Alessandra Ghezzi is a Counsel based at Linklaters' Milan offices specialized in corporate law advice to domestic and international clients, particularly on mergers & acquisitions and other extraordinary transactions. She gained nearly twenty years of experience in advising both corporate and PE clients in some of the most complex Italian M&A transactions in recent years.

Giacomo Gitti

Partner

Giorgia Lugli

Giorgia Lugli advises multinational private equity firms, financial institutions, and companies doing business in Italy on a range of investments, M&A transactions, and restructurings. Drawing on her experience in complex, cross-border transactions, Ms. Lugli delivers pragmatic and creative counsel to international and Italian clients. She regularly navigates multifaceted transactions in tight timeframes by effectively managing multiple work streams and collaborating closely with clients’ legal counsel. An accomplished private equity practitioner, Ms. Lugli counsels clients throughout every stage of the investment lifecycle — from negotiating investment agreements to assisting clients on corporate governance matters to executing sales. She fosters strong relationships with stakeholders from target companies across diverse industries to help ensure efficient deal closings. Ms. Lugli brings particular experience in cross-border transactions involving companies in highly regulated sectors. Ms. Lugli’s practice work also includes joint ventures, corporate reorganizations, and acquisitions of insolvent companies.

Marco Giovanni Mancino

Partner, Marco Giovanni Mancino specialises in corporate governance, Legislative Decree 231/2001, M&A and commercial contracts. He joined BonelliErede in 2024; previously, he was a partner at another international law firm.

Federica Pomero

Partner

Alberto Recchia

PARTNER

Luca Rossi Provesi

Advising on extraordinary transactions, including M&A, joint ventures, financing and restructuring transactions, both domestic and cross border. General advice on commercial and corporate law.  

Luca Saraceni

Assisting private equity funds, financial institutions and industrial groups in relation to domestic and cross-border M&A transactions. Commercial agreements.  

Alessandro Seganfreddo

Partner

Riccardo Sismondi

Partner of the Commercial, Corporate and M&A Department

Barbara Urselli

Barbara is a partner in our Rome office and she is a member of the global Corporate M&A group.  

Stefano Bianchi

Managing Partner

Eliana Catalano

Partner, Eliana Catalano specialises in corporate and M&A (both domestic and cross-border), private equity, joint ventures and commercial agreements. She has particular expertise on fashion, luxury and design goods, manufacturing, business services, sports and leisure, consumer goods sectors. She is Team Leader of the Private Equity Focus Team and member of the Digital Innovation Focus Team (strategic support) Focus Team. She is a Board member since 2021 and Managing Partner at the firm since 2024.

Pietro Cavasola

Managing Partner

Alberto Giampieri

Senior Partner

Leonardo Graffi

Partner

Marco Maugeri

Marco advises Italian and international clients on Corporate - M&A, capital markets and compliance matters with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, capital increases, budget and accounting regulations, public purchase bidding and public exchange offerings, disclosure obligations of listed companies, commercial contracts and other extraordinary transactions of regulated entities. His experience spans various industries including banks, insurance and other regulated entities.

Luca Minoli

Partner

Filippo Modulo

He advises Italian and international clients in complex extraordinary transactions with a focus on deals involving regulated entities and regulated sectors, as well as listed companies and private equity funds.  He has been appointed together with Gregorio Consoli as Managing Partner for the three-year period 2021-2023. Filippo has developed an unparalleled know-how in managing major cross-border M&A transactions both inbound and outbound the Italian market, assisting purchasers, sellers, majority and minority shareholders, financing banks, financial advisors, and liaising with competent Authorities, entrepreneurs, boards of directors and leadership teams of different institutions, listed companies and private equity funds. Since 2002, Filippo Modulo assisted clients in more than 140 transactions for a value exceeding 280 billion Euro.

Massimiliano Nitti

Massimiliano represents domestic and international clients in matters of private and public M&A with a focus on private equity funds, strategic investments and joint ventures. His experience spans across multiple industries, having represented institutional clients in a variety of deals in many different sectors, including energy, infrastructures, luxury, insurance, mechanical engineering and food & beverage. Massimiliano also has a rather unique track record in the real estate and hotel sectors.

Antonio Pedersoli

Advising major Italian and foreign industrial groups on acquisitions, joint ventures and corporate governance related issues. Commercial agreements. Frequent member of Arbitration Panels.  

Raimondo Premonte

PARTNER

Mario Roli

Partner

Antonio Sascaro

Antonio advises Italian and international clients on national and cross-border corporate - M&A transactions with a focus on corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, joint ventures and real estate.

Stefano Sciolla

Stefano Sciolla is the Managing Partner of Latham & Watkins' Milan office. He is a member of the firm's Aerospace, Defense & Government Services Industry Group core team. He primarily handles corporate law matters, and he has considerable experience advising clients on: Mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and private equity deals Divestitures Strategic commercial contracts Corporate governance and public company representation Capital markets transactions He regularly advises Italian and international clients in cross-border corporate transactions. He also has considerable experience in the aerospace and defense business, as well as in the energy sector.

Alberto Toffoletto

Equity Partner

Matteo Trapani

Partner

Stefano Valerio

Stefano Valerio specializes in M&A transactions, advising on the drafting of share purchase agreements and shareholders’ agreements as well as in relation to demergers and private equity transactions. He renders advice to clients on capital markets and various corporate law matters. He also specializes in assisting large group companies in financial distress, advising on their restructuring and pre-bankruptcy activities. He has also written several articles and editorial contributions which have been published in leading legal journals and was the co-author of the book “Tecniche di Private Equity”.

Alessandro Dubini

Alessandro Dubini is a partner in Dentons Milan office and co-head of the Corporate M&A practice in Italy. He mainly advises major industry groups, leading financial institutions and private equity funds on both domestic and international extraordinary transactions regarding mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and corporate reorganization. He also gained considerable experience in IPOs, tender offers, corporate and commercial law, banking and finance, as well as on corporate governance matters and commercial contracts.

Pier Francesco Faggiano

Pier Francesco Faggiano is one of the founding partners of Dentons in Italy and co-head of the Corporate M&A practice in Italy.  

Giulio Maroncelli